Chris Cornell has taken some unexpected career turns over the past two decades.

He broke away and then reunited with Soundgarden, the Seattle band that made his plutonic howl famous. He recorded and toured with the members of Rage Against the Machine in Audioslave.

He also recorded a set of wildly eclectic solo albums, including one produced by hip-hop maven Timbaland that featured a guest appearance by Justin Timberlake.

“There was a time, probably as soon as I had an audience in my early 20s, that I was terrified of a future where someday I would be in some sort of a novelty-act situation where I would be playing a number of songs from one moment in my career forever,” Cornell said.